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Ian McCollum and Nicholas Moran Team Up To Talk About The German .50BMG (Or Lack Thereof)

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Like a Marvel crossover comic that features two characters you’re interested in, having both Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons and tank expert Nicholas Moran talk about the .50cal machine gun (and why the Germans never adopted it) did indeed peak … Continue reading →

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This Is Your City On Chinese Construction Standards

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Lawrence Person

I talked about buildings made of Chinesium and rotten tail buildings, upon which construction stops but upon which mortgage owners are still expected to make payments. Shoddy Chinese construction practices don’t stop there. This week an entire Chinese residential skyscraper … Continue reading →

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Peter Zeihan on the Ramifications of Russian Imperial Decline

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Peter Zeihan says the abysmal performance of the Russian Army is going to have a whole lot of ramifications around the world, many in Russia’s own near abroad. “It means that the image of the Russians as a regional power, … Continue reading →

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Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Flares Up Again

Posted on September 13, 2022 by Lawrence Person

If you’re tired of hearing about two ex-Soviet countries slugging it out with artillery, this story is not for you. Armenia and Azerbaijan are at it again. Azerbaijani forces shelled Armenia’s territory on Tuesday in a large-scale attack that killed … Continue reading →

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Scenes From A Russian Rout

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Things in Ukraine are moving so fast that the only thing I can be sure of is that what I post here will probably be obsolete before I press the Publish button. What was a very successful Ukrainian counter offensive … Continue reading →

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Putin Finds Out About The Kharkiv Counteroffensive

Posted on September 11, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Downfall parodies! The lazy blogger’s friend! Got to admit I laughed at this one. And of course, Putin is more like Hitler than the average target… My one main criticism is that they didn’t work the shout of “Stalin!” into … Continue reading →

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Breaking: Ukraine Retakes Izyum

Posted on September 10, 2022 by Lawrence Person

As Ukraine’s Kharkiv counteroffensive developed earlier this week, it was apparent that the occupied city of Izyum, the linchpin of Russia’s northeast line, was in danger of being encircled. I anticipated a few weeks of hard fighting while Ukraine slowly … Continue reading →

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Holy Crap, Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory is Huge

Posted on September 10, 2022 by Lawrence Person

This may fall into the “old news is so exciting” category for many of you. I knew that Tesla was building it’s Gigafactory east of Austin, and that it was large, but since I almost never travel to that part … Continue reading →

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Then: Commercial Investors Are Sucking Up All American Housing! Now: They’re Losing Their Shirts!

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Lawrence Person

If you can remember all the way back to pre-Flu Manchu 2020, housing prices were soaring and there were a raft of articles decrying how commercial investors were snapping up housing as fast as they possibly could, pricing ordinary Americans … Continue reading →

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Ukrainian Counteroffensive In Kharkiv?

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Lawrence Person

There are indications that Ukraine, in addition to the Kherson counteroffensive, is conducting a counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast, and has apparently captured Volokhiv Yar, Balakliya and Yakovenkove, towns between Kharkiv and Russian-occupied Izyum. It’s unclear whether this is a feint, … Continue reading →

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